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Wednesday, 4 July 2012

On a personal note‏

Hi there everyone,

I wanted to add a personal note about why Cancer Research UK is so important to me. One of my oldest and dearest mates Em, lost her
dad to Cancer a few years ago. It was so quick and so devastating,
and it was also the first time someone I knew had died from cancer.

Larry was a lovely man with a good sense of humour; despite having to
take and pick-up me, Em and our other mates half-cut from various
teenage parties at ungodly hours. He always had time for people, he was
well known in our home town and would regularly corner or be
cornered my mum for a chinwag!

I have the honour of becoming god-parent to Em's
son Adam in a months time, I'm sure Larry would have loved to have been
there with all his family, he'll be sorely missed.

Anyway Em has written a bit about why she is supporting us, please take a read.

I just wanted to add a
quick personal note to explain why I will be donating to Soph, Dom and
the bikers this year. Apart from the fact that Sophus is one of my
oldest and closest mates, the charity they are raising money for is one
very close to my heart.

It is an old, tired
but painfully true cliche that everyone knows someone effected by
cancer. Three years ago I lost my dad to the most deadliest form of skin
cancer, melanoma, he was 63. He was taken from us so quickly, in under
six months, but that half year felt like a lifetime of slow pain,
terror, upset, tears, anger and frustration. He underwent a huge nine
hour operation to remove the tumour two days before Christmas, where he
nearly died twice on the table. Following this, he travelled to hospital
five days a week for gruelling radiotherapy sessions, during
which he had to wear a mask on his face to pin him to the table, he was
so scared. We lost my dad ten days after his last session of
radiotherapy.

Fortunately not all cases have
to end in this way. I have an Aunty who has successfully had half her
intestine removed to remove a bowel cancer, another Aunty who is being
treated for non-hodgkins lymphoma, and an Uncle living with prostrate
cancer. Obviously they, like many others, are able to do this partly
because of the money that is raised through charities like Cancer
Research.

I know these are difficult financial
times for a lot of us, but if you, like me, agree to donate to just one
cause this year, make it this one! Soph, Dom and the crew, good luck,
and I hope we can help you to reach your £20,000 target. xxx